Autumn Amelia

From our little fam to yours!

Hey MTV, I'm Autumn Mineer and this is my crib!

While (finally) getting out the rest of our Halloween decorations last weekend I decided it would be fun to give a little Halloween house tour.

Erik and I both LOVE Halloween and as a result, our house gets a lot of love for the holiday.

The best part is that most of the decorations are cheap or we made them ourselves for cheap cause we be ballin' on a budget over here!

Exterior

One of my favorites parts of our whole house.
Our hitchhiking ghosts are chilling on the front lawn.

We made them last year and they are easily my favorite decoration.

Find the tutorial here!

Our porch is encased in a fake spider web, decorated with plastic spiders.

On the roof, our trusty spider Harry guards his web below.

On the front door, we have a wooden sign that says BOO. I DIY'd it with my besties a few years ago.

Beneath, our cute hello pumpkin doormat that I made last year surrounded by real squash that will be joined by our pumpkins later this month.

Tutorial for the doormat here!

Entryway

To keep with the spider theme from our porch the back of our front door is covered in spiders!

It looks like they are sneaking in from the top left corner!

I made these years ago with a bag of plastic spiders ($1), magnetic strip ($4) and hot glue.

Our entryway table is decorated in the classic Halloween color scheme of orange, black and white.

On the left, a cauldron to hold our keys (Target value section, old), next to it a glittery orange pumpkin (Target value section, old), in the middle a fun framed Macbeth print (Pinterest), to the left our boy Ichabod Toad (similar) and my orange Scentsy holder gifted to me from my aunt for our wedding.

Underneath we have two baskets, the one on the left is filled with fake pumpkins (Target value section, old) and a plaid throw blanket.
The basket on the right is filled with additional fake pumpkins.

Living Room

Our living room is what we refer to as our "fancy room."

The Halloween decor is a little more subtle here.

Our bookshelf has a skull (Target, old) and potion bottles (similar) added to it.



I also move my Michael Jackson Thriller vinyl album (similar) to the front of my collection.

The coffee table in the middle of the room has a pumpkin (Target value section, old), candy tray (gifted) and purple flowers (Walmart, old) added to it.

Kitchen

Almost every room in our house has open shelving in it because it is so easy to update for the holidays (or anytime!)

The shelves in the kitchen have a black clamp jar (Target dollar section, old) filled with candy corn and candy pumpkins and a little witch hat (gifted) added.


On the counter, we have a glass beaker and flasks along with a sprinkle potion set (gifted).
They seemed fitting for the kitchen.


The oven has two Halloween tea towels (gifted) added to it.


Our candy bowl Eye-saac sits in the middle of the dining room table filled with treats.


Family Room

The family room has my second favorite decoration in it.
Our bat wall!

We created it last year and it's displayed over our TV stand.
It makes movie nights so much fun!
Find the tutorial here!

 A skull and Frankenstein (gifted) were added.

Over the couches, we have two picture ledges that I slip a few things onto.

The glittery number 31 that I made with my sister a few years ago, a witch parking sign (gifted) and a Halloween print (Pinterest).


I absolutely love decorating for Halloween!
Each year we try to buy at least one new decoration for the house.
We have been wanting to add a fog machine to our collection for a while and I think we will grab one on sale after Halloween this year!
How do you decorate your house for Halloween?

 Autumn

Hello everyone!

I am so excited to share this fun project with you.

I saw this idea on Pinterest a few years ago and loved it.

This year I finally got around to creating my very own bat wall!

You will need:

Bat Stencil

Black Cardstock Paper

Pencil

Scissors

Tape

Print and cut out your bat stencil.

Fold a piece of cardstock paper in half.

Place the center of the bat outline on the crease.

Using your pencil trace the outline onto the cardstock paper.

Cut along the penciled outline.

Unfold your bat.

Repeat until you have as many bats as needed, I used 35.

Place a piece of folded or double sided tape on the back of your paper bat.

Arrange bats on wall in your desired pattern.

During the fall we tend to spend more time in our family room gathered around the TV.

There are Halloween movies and new TV shows to watch and with the nights getting shorter and colder snuggled up in front of the TV is our favorite place to be.

I thought adding the bat wall right above it would be the perfect way to add a touch of spookiness to our nights in.

The bat wall would work perfectly in any room.

Above a bed in a bedroom, in your entry way to welcome guests or even above a table during those fun festive Halloween parties.

You really can't go wrong.

Especially since it's so cheap and easy to create.

I am so excited to enjoy this for the rest of the Halloween season.

What fun decorations have you added to your home this year?

All my love,

Autumn

Hello everyone!

As you know I love open shelving.

Several rooms in my house have it.

One of my favorite things about open shelving is how easy it is to change from season to season. 

I added a few items to our shelves in our living room, kitchen and family room in preparation for Christmas.

I love how each one turned out!

The Living Room:

Our living room is what we refer to as our "fancy room."

The color scheme is gray, black, white and gold with some pops of pink.

For the first row of our shelf I added a snow globe on top of our stack of books.

The dear head on it's own is rather Christmasy but since it is on our shelf throughout the entire year I wanted to add a little something.

I added some gold bulb lights and hung them from it's antlers.

The next shelf doesn't offer too much room since my record player and records are there so I moved my Christmas Disco record to the front of the row to help out.

On the next row I added in this tall glass gold Christmas tree. I love how classy it looks.

On the bottom shelf I placed a white ceramic nativity scene that I got for my first Christmas.

It has been with me my whole life and has such a special place in my heart.

I was so happy to find a place for it on our shelves.

The Kitchen:

Our kitchen is nowhere near being done...

When it is done the color scheme will be blue, white and gray with pops of pink and red.

This is where all of our colorful red Christmas decor ended up.

On the top shelf I added this festive Christmas tree that was a gift from one of our Family's previous Progressive Dinners.

For the next shelf I added in a red, white and green Christmas jar I received as a gift from my sister.

It's perfect for stashing some Christmas candy. 

On the bottom shelf I simply replaced the print in the frame for a bright and fun Christmas print.

The Family Room:

The family room has a more relaxed feel. 

The color scheme is blue, gray, black and white with some natural elements like wood and copper to add warmth.

On the top shelf I added a wood nutcracker.

On the middle shelf a wood Christmas tree with some gold glitter.

On the bottom shelf a beautiful blue sparkly deer that I got as a gift for last year's Progressive Dinner.

To add in some more color I hung a pom pom garland of blues and white to the middle shelf. 

I love the way each shelf turned out!

It's so fun to add Christmas to each room and still let them have their own personalities. 

How do you add festive touches to your home?